Ragnarok first part of hulk trilogy, according to ruffalo. Why marvel fans will never be able to watch the incredible. Featured stories sidebar, actionadventure, comic booksuperhero, marvel studios, sequels, universal. Sep 06, 2017 the hulk movie rights situation explained. I remember a time when we would be lucky to get 1 major comic book movie every couple of years. Theres a good reason why a hulk solo movie hasnt made it to the big. Hulk is a 2003 superhero film based on the marvel comics character of the same name.
Based loosely in the incredible hulk comic book arc planet hulk, thor. Marvel reportedly finally owns the rights to the hulk, so fans may finally get mark ruffalos standalone movie added to the marvel cinematic. Produced by marvel studios and distributed by universal pictures, it is the second film in the marvel cinematic universe mcu. Marvel still has the rights to make a hulk movie after all. While marvel studios is free to use the jade giant in the marvel cinematic universe, mark. Sep 14, 2019 universal owns distribution rights, which means they have the right of first refusal to any hulk film. The incredible hulk movie clip antidote test 2008 edward norton marvel superhero movie hd. According to a new report, marvel studios may have finally regained control of the film rights to the hulk and prince namor. Characters marvel still doesnt have rights to screen rant.
Kevin feige acknowledges complications surrounding the. David neuman acquires rights to book on peter thiel, gawker. As promised, the first incredible hulk trailer is up and online. Ang lee directed the film, which stars eric bana as dr. In january 2006, marvel studios reacquired the film rights to the character, and writer zak penn began work on a sequel titled the incredible hulk. Whilst on the run from military which seeks his capture, banner comes close to a cure. From the late 1980s to 1996, most of the major characters like the fantastic four, xmen, daredevil, hulk, silver surfer, and iron man had. As indicated by fan site mcu cosmic, universal pictures film rights to the hulk and namor might have finally reverted to marvel studios, meaning they wouldnt have to bend over backwards to work. Hulk, as a solo film property, is caught up in legal distribution rights with universal. Jun 19, 2015 marvel regained the film production rights to the hulk in 2005, after universals license of the character lapsed due to failure to enter production on a sequel to 2003s ang lee film hulk. Also, namor the submariner is his own thing, perhaps with a separate deal.
For instance, universal had the film rights to the hulk and made the 2003 ang lee film. Since the avengers, fans have been clamoring for a new hulk movie starring mark ruffalo. The hulk is a comic book superhero in the marvel comics universe. Hulk movie rights explained, solo movie still years away. It wont appear at launch time or at any other time. Marvel finally owns the rights to the hulk, will mark ruffalo. The reason there hasnt been a hulk movie is because the rights are tied to universal pictures somehow. Hulk fightsmash compilation thor ragnarok included hd. Rights issues with universal keeps marvel from using hulk in a standalone movie, but does marvels shehulk tv series mean that things have changed. Marvel studios have been reluctant to pursue a new hulk film on the big screen as it would. Yes, universal has the license for the entire hulk property, which she hulk falls under. If a spiderman movie wasnt made by april 1990, the rights would revert to marvel.
Each property is different in terms of which characters are included under each because theyre divvied up beforehand by marvel and the licensee, but she hulk falls under it. The comic book powerhouse was in severe financial decline, and, in order to save what it had left, marvel began selling off some of its assets, particularly the movie rights for certain characters. The incredible hulk 1977 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. While marvel does appear to have the rights to the character to a certain extent, its believed that universal still holds sway over distribution. In fact, the process can be so complicated and protracted that a movie industry friend of mine once said, these things rarely pan out. The big reason were not getting a solo hulk movie anytime soon apr. Jun 20, 2015 hulk movie rights explained, solo movie still years away. The incredible hulk tells the story of dr bruce banner, who seeks a cure to his unique condition, which causes him to turn into a giant green monster under emotional stress. The big reason were not getting a solo hulk movie anytime.
Roth said he took the part to please his sons, who are comicbook superhero fans. Details of marvels hulk film rights fans can relax. Back in april, mark ruffalo made the somewhat startling revelation that a standalone hulk movie may not happen anytime in the near future because universal still owns the rights for a standalone sequel to their 2003 hulk movie and the 2008 followup the incredible hulk. With the fantastic four and xmen film rights presumably coming back to marvel as part of the walt disney company acquisition of 21stcentury fox, the house of ideas is one step closer to having. Marvel studios rumored to regain full control of hulk and namor. Marvel studios may have quietly regained the rights to the hulk and namor from universal pictures while marvel studios can use the hulk in their movies, a standalone tale is off the cards thanks. Universal still owns movie rights for the hulk, says mark ruffalo. Ragnarok is the first part in a larger hulk story, according to actor mark ruffalo. Do the shehulk films rights fall under the hulk film. Those who have been a part of the fantastic four and many of them were in the ff for longer than shehulk and are usedowned be other companies.
Marvel still doesnt have the hulk movie rights back from universal. Rise of the imperfects game for the ps2, xbox, and gamecube. Mar 02, 2020 mark ruffalo gave long time mcu some clarity on the rights to the hulk and seemed to confirm our theory from last year. The incredible hulk, the liveaction tv series based on the popular marvel comics character, was preceded by a 2hour tv movie pilot. The latter studio has made multiple attempts at getting a film adaptation off the ground since they first optioned namor back in 2001, though none have progressed past the scriptwriting phase. Mai 2008 bei del rey books, einem imprint des zu random house gehorenden verlags ballantine books. Marvel regained the film production rights to the hulk in 2005, after universals license of the character lapsed due to failure to enter production on a sequel to 2003s ang lee film hulk. Constantin film made a f4 movie in 1994 to kep the movie rights but the film was never released. The decision to make the hulk character computeranimated was a mistake. Despite being one of the most iconic comic book characters in history, and. Details of marvels hulk film rights fans can relax about. Neuman has acquired the rights to ryan holidays conspiracy.
Hulk and namor rights at universal why dont marvel own. Jonathan hensleigh pitched a trilogy to universal and it wouldve had jennifer walters becoming shehulk, but he jumped off the movie soon after. Despite being one of marvels most enduring liveaction characters and having been a major player in two avengers movies, a solo film starring the jade giant isnt on the radar. Hulk movie rights still at universal cosmic book news. Incredible hulk copyright belongs to marvel, judge rules. Like the hulk, she hulk s film rights are owned by universal, although there is some debate as to whether it is another case that marvel shares those rights and could use her in a project without. The idea of seeing any of banners famous, nonavengerscentric.
May 03, 2016 my kid loves reading this book every night. I hope the subsequent trailers for this film change that opinion. The hulk movie rights situation explained comic book. The towering, musclebound antihero was a hybrid of two popular comic book genres.
Sony still has a pretty decent hold on characters in the spiderman sphere. As far as a hulk movie, a standalone hulk movie, marvel doesnt really have the rights to that yet. Unfortunately, it seems that marvel still cant get the rights to the hulk back from universal, which means no solo movie for the character. Paramount has a distribution agreement for marvels next few selfproduced movies, including a second iron man film. Through the 1970s to the early 1990s, marvel sold the movie rights to popular comic book characters for quick cash they still went bankrupt, but it helped. Thor vs hulk fight scene the avengers 2012 movie clip 1080p hd all material belongs to disney and marvel. The incredible hulk is a 2008 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character. Film and tv producers must corral numerous financial, creative, and business components one of which are your dramatic rights in order to develop and produce a finished product for the screen. In addition, universal still owns the rights to a solo hulk movie, which some have speculated as the reason why mark ruffalos bruce banner hasnt branched out into his own franchise, as well.
Jun 20, 2003 the film has its share of largescale action sequences, as rockets are fired at the hulk and he responds by bringing down helicopters. Mar, 2008 as promised, the first incredible hulk trailer is up and online. Bruce banner, as well as jennifer connelly as betty ross, sam elliott as general thaddeus ross, nick nolte as david banner and josh lucas as major glenn talbot. Marvel won back the hulk movie production rights in 2005. Director ang lee creates images of great grace, elegance, and dignity, but he tries to make the inner conflicts the focus of the story and so this movie doesnt work. Fight scene the avengers 2012 movie clip 1080p hd all material belongs to. The hulk doesnt speak except for one sentence, so he never comes to life. Both marvel studios chief kevin feige and mark ruffalo, who plays bruce bannerthe hulk in the avengers.
Incredible hulk, american comic strip character created for marvel comics by writer stan lee and artist jack kirby. Now i dont think thats insurmountable, by the way, but i dont know where its going from here for me. Marvel isnt even discussing a hulk movie right now screen rant. Film rights to hulk and namor reportedly revert back to marvel. Universal hulk rights not a problem for marvel after all film. All stories are published exclusively by marvel comics under their standard imprint, unless otherwise noted. It is true that universal still holds the distribution rights to any future hulk movies, but the character rights and licenses firmly belong to marvel after universal didnt act on a sequel to. However, a stipulation with hulk s rights allows marvel to use the hulk in its movies, albeit only in teamups. Marvel studios rumored to regain full control of hulk and. Betrayed by earths heroes and exiled into outer space, the manmonster hulk has landed on the distant planet sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical red king. It is a quick read and it covers a lot of content about the hulk. After the mixed reception to universals 2003 film hulk, marvel studios reacquired the rights to the character though universal retained. But despite the hulk appearing in avengers films, there arent any plans for the jade giant to get a solo movie because the film rights belong with. Sold into slavery, hulk becomes the green scar, the planets mightiest gladiator but his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his.
According to mark ruffalo, we havent seen a new hulk solo film because universal still owns the rights to the character. Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr. Similarly, marvel regained film rights to the hulk from universal studios, thanks to a clause whereby rights revert to marvel if principal photography the part of filming with actors on camera or significant payments towards filming are not initiated by a specified date after the first films release. A very handy marvel film rights infographic nerdist. This meant that the rights to some of its characters became a freeforall, with the pie being sliced in a number of creative ways, ultimately. Marvel studios doesnt own stand alone hulk movie rights. For this reason, hulk has featured prominently in all four avengers movies, plus thor. Glenn talbot portrayed by josh lucas is one of the main villains in the hulk movie, and has an immense hatred for the fact that banner can change into.
Film rights to hulk and namor reportedly revert back to. Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt own. After disneymarvel deal, cartoonists heirs seek to. Deconstructed is a superhero comic book with a deep psychological edge packed with relevant social commentary. The hulk is the main character in the hulk video game which picks up after the film of the same name from 2003 with bruce banner played again by eric bana and hulk voiced by graig robertson. The one that might be in similar scenario to quicksilverscarlet witch would be namor, but fox has rights to xmen and ff anyways. There hasnt been a hulk solo movie since 2008, which is because the film rights are tied up with universal pictures. Nov, 2019 dont make bruce banner eric bana too angry or else the hulk might come out. On comics and graphic novels, a gamefaqs message board topic titled film rights to hulk and namor reportedly revert back to marvel studios.
Hulk has been one of the most popular characters in the marvel cinematic universe ever since mark ruffalo took over the role from edward norton. Marvel studios, llc originally known as marvel films from 1993 to 1996 is an american film and television studio that is a subsidiary of the walt disney studios. Peter thiel, hulk hogan, gawker and the anatomy of intrigue, a book about the paypal founders to legal. Comicbook nation podcast in this latest episode, we discuss the. Otherwise, marvel probably wouldnt have announced a show centered around hulk in the first place. Marvel studios may have quietly regained the rights to the. While marvel studios has the rights to spidey and his friends, it only currently has access to vulture and shocker and also likely scorpion due to the deal for spiderman. In addition, the rights for hulk and iron man reverted back to marvel.
Do the shehulk films rights fall under the hulk film rights. The film was considered pretty polarizing at the time, and marvel eventually reacquired the rights to the character and tried their hand at a reboot in 2008, edward nortons the incredible hulk. Hulk and namor rights at universal why dont marvel own them. Thats still universals property, so theres that issue. Later in 2006, marvel successfully regained the film production rights to captain america and thor as well. I thought this is the voice of tarantino in a comic book movie, which is perfect because deadpool is more crimeoriented. Hulk news mark ruffalo talks mcu hulk movie rights youtube. However, aside from the mixed reception of hulk, universal didnt meet the established deadline for filming a sequel to ang lees film. The character debuted in the bimonthly series the incredible hulk in may 1962. The marvel movie character rights and where they are. Each property is different in terms of which characters are included under each because theyre divvied up beforehand by marvel and the licensee, but shehulk falls under it. Meanwhile, hasbro has certain toy rights and universal holds the florida theme park rights to spiderman and the incredible hulk. The film audience for the title didnt grow between. Since 1962, he has starred in several ongoing series, as well as a large number of limited series, annuals, oneshots and specials.
Tim roth is the only thing that really interested me in this trailer. According to mcu cosmic, film rights to the incredible hulk and namor have been reverted back to marvel studios from universal pictures. Marvel studios is known for the production of the marvel cinematic universe films, based on characters that appear in marvel comics publications. Aug 22, 2019 although splitting up the rights was a good way to raise quick cash, by 1993 there was a tangle of lawsuits and countersuits involving 2st century founder menahem golan, carolco, viacom and columbia. Ang lee directs the liveaction feature film the hulk, based on the marvel comic book created by stan lee and illustrated by jack kirby. Hulk 4 marvel regained the film production rights to the hulk in 2005, after universals license of the character lapsed due to failure to enter production on a sequel to 2003.
As indicated by fan site mcu cosmic, universal pictures film rights to the. Thats a big impediment to moving forward with that. The artwork is pretty good, and my kid is interested enough to want to read this book frequently. Whatever happened to guillermo del toros hulk tv series. Mark ruffalo on why a new hulk movie will never happen. Universal hulk rights not a problem for marvel after all. The incredible hulk is a 2008 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character the hulk. While marvel studios can use the hulk in their movies, a standalone tale. He is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, a. This is also why the hulk only appears in the various marvel studios movies as a supporting character, such as in the avengers films or thor.
Aug 21, 2019 of course, film rights do not equate to tv rights, and its not clear what could be stopping hulk from getting a green light, as there are no apparent legal issues preventing one from happening. Marvel studios isnt discussing a hulk solo movie or any future film appearance at the moment, confirms marvel cinematic universe star mark. Why marvel doesnt own the spiderman film rights cbr. The hulk and namor film rights may be back at marvel. This is also why the green goliath only appears in the various marvel studios movies as a supporting character, such as in the avengers films or thor. Then constantin film teamed up with fox to do f4 movies in 2005 and 2007.
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